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Mpox (formerly known as Monkeypox)

Selected References:

  • Allan-Blitz L.T, Klausner J.D. 2023. Current Evidence Demonstrates That Monkeypox Is a Sexually Transmitted Infection. Sex Transm Dis. 1;50(2):63-65.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2024. Preventing Mpox. Accessed September 2024 https://www.cdc.gov/mpox/prevention/index.html.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2024. Safer Sex. Accessed September 2024 https://www.cdc.gov/mpox/prevention/safer-sex-social-gatherings-and-mpox.html.
  • García-Hernández L, et al. 2024. Case report: clinical presentation of Mpox in pregnancy. Rev Clin Esp (Barc). (4):245-247.
  • Jamieson DJ, et al. 2004. The role of the obstetrician–gynecologist in emerging infectious diseases: mpox and pregnancy. Obstetrics & Gynecology 103(4):754-756.
  • Khalil A, et al. 2022. Mpox and pregnancy: what do obstetricians need to know? Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol; 60(1):22-27.
  • Kisalu NK and Mokili JL. 2017. Toward understanding the outcomes of mpox infection in human pregnancy. J Infectious Diseases 216(7):795–797.
  • Mbala PK, et al. 2017. Maternal and fetal outcomes among pregnant women with human mpox infection in the Democratic Republic of Congo. J Infectious Diseases 216(7):824-828.
  • Nishiura H. 2009. Maternal outcomes in pregnancy with smallpox: epidemiologic investigations of case fatality, miscarriage and premature birth based on previous outbreaks. In: Canfield RN, ed. Infectious Pregnancy Complications. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.; 2009:407-420.
  • Ogoina D, et al. 2020. Clinical course and outcome of human mpox in Nigeria. Clin Infect Dis. 71:e210–e214.
  • Rao AK, et al. 2023. Interim Clinical Treatment Considerations for Severe Manifestations of Mpox — United States, February 2023. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 72:232–243.
  • Sampson MM, et al. 2023. Mpox (Mpox) Infection During Pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol. 1;141(5):1007-1010.
  • Schwartz DA. 2024. High Rates of Miscarriage and Stillbirth among Pregnant Women with Clade I Mpox (Mpox) Are Confirmed during 2023-2024 DR Congo Outbreak in South Kivu Province. Viruses. 13;16(7):1123.
  • World Health Organization. 2022. WHO recommends new name for Monkeypox disease. Accessed September 2024 https://www.who.int/news/item/28-11-2022-who-recommends-new-name-for-monkeypox-disease.

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